Nuphar

Nuphar lutea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Classis: Unassigned Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nuphar
Sectiones: N. sect. Astyla – N. sect. Nuphar
Species: N. advena – N. japonica – N. lutea – N. microphylla – N. orbiculata – N. polysepala – N. pumila – N. sagittifolia – N. saikokuensis – N. subintegerrima – N. submersa – N. ulvacea – N. variegata
Nothospecies: N. × fluminalis – N. × rubrodisca – N. × saijoensis – N. × spenneriana
Species incertae sedis: †N. advenoides

Name

Nuphar Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1(2): 361 (1809), nom. cons.

• Type species: Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1(2): 361 (1809).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Nymphozanthus Rich., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 230 (1811), nom. rej.
  • Nenuphar Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 70 (1822).
  • Nufar Wallr., Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 212 (1840).
  • Nymphosanthus Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 200 (1841).
  • Nyphar Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 108 (1842), sphalm.
  • Nymphona Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 3: 260 (1901).
• Heterotypic
  • Ropalon Raf., New Fl. 2: 17 (1836).

Notes

The gender of Nuphar is feminine and many names have been corrected from the original spelling (Brummitt 2000).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia (extinct), Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh (introduced). Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sibthorp, J. & Smith, J.E. 1809. Florae Graecae Prodromus, sive Plantarum omnium enumeratio, quas in provinciis aut insulis Graeciae invenit Johannes Sibthorp, M.D. Vol. I(2), pp. 219–442. London: Richard Taylor. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beal, E.O. 1956. Taxonomic revision of the genus Nuphar Sm. of North America and Europe. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 72: 317–346. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Paclt, J. 1998. (1334) Proposal to Amend the Gender of Nuphar, nom. cons. (Nymphaeaceae), to Neuter. Taxon 47(1): 167–169. JSTOR [not recommended, see Taxon 49: 267] Reference page. 
• Miller, G.S. & Standley, P.C. 1912. The North American species of Nymphaea. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(3): 63–108. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Padgett, D.J. 2007. A monograph of Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae). Rhodora 109(937): 1–95. DOI: 10.3119/0035-4902(2007)109[1:AMONN]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Wiersema, J.H. & Hellquist, C.B. 1997. Nuphar. Pp. 67–71 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 3: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. 590 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-511246-6. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nuphar in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nuphar. Published online. Accessed: August 08 2024. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Nuphar. Accessed: 08 August 2024.Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Nuphar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 August 2024. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• العربية: نينوفر
• azərbaycanca: Nelufər
• беларуская: Гарлачык жоўты
• català: Núfar
• čeština: stulík
• dansk: Åkande
• Deutsch: Teichrosen
• dolnoserbski: Pupajca
• Esperanto: Nufaro
• eesti: Vesikupp
• suomi: Ulpukat
• hornjoserbsce: Gingawa
• magyar: Vízitök
• հայերեն: Նունուֆար
• italiano: Ninfea
• қазақша: Сарытұңғиық
• lietuvių: Lūgnė
• ирон: Куысыфтæггонд
• polski: Grążel
• português: Nuphar
• română: Nufăr
• русский: Кубышка
• slovenčina: leknica
• српски / srpski: Жути локвањ
• svenska: Gulnäckrossläktet
• українська: Глечики
• Winaray: Nuphar
• 中文: 萍蓬草属

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